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Re: THURSDAY QUIZ 2 May 2019

I agree with @Cleoriff and @MI5 on questions 1 and 2 but on question 3, it was my understanding that it was Magellan that got the credit for circumnavigating the world. And that was I was taught at school 100 years agov So Magellan's my answer, right or wrong

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Re: THURSDAY QUIZ 2 May 2019

I agree with @Cleoriff and @MI5 on questions 1 and 2 but on question 3, it was my understanding that it was Magellan that got the credit for circumnavigating the world. And that was what I was taught at school 100 years ago So Magellan's my answer, right or wrong

No need to post twice @Glory1 I got your message the first time you posted

A1: America is not named after Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer, who mapped south American coast in 1500-1502, but never reached North America. Martin Waldseemuller`s map of the world in 1507 first suggested America was named after Vespucci. But countries are never named after a person`s first name but always after their second/surname.

The correct answer is Richard Ameryk, Welshman living in Bristol, chief investor in second transatlantic voyage in 1497 by John Cabot, who mapped the North American coastline from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. A Bristol calender of 1497 stated "on St John the Baptist Day [24 June] the land of America was found by the merchants of Bristowe [Bristol]"

A2: The smallest country in the world is not Vatican City [also known as the Holy See], which measures 0.44 sq km.

The smallest country in the world is Sealand, declared a Principality in 1967. Formerly Rough Towers, in the North Sea, 12km off the coast of Suffolk, England, Sealand measures 0.004 sq km.

A3: The first man to sail round the world was not Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the Philippines in 1521, when he was part way round the world.

The correct answer is Juan Sebastian Elcano, Magellan`s second in command, who took over the voyage after Magellan was killed and completed the first circumnavigation of the world.

Thank you all for playing.

Next week, the THURSDAY QUIZ 9 MAY 2019 will be three questions on

MUSIC [NOT The Beatles!!!]

Details of the quiz and the questions will be posted on Wednesday 8 May.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"...Robert Kennedy.

Re: THURSDAY QUIZ 2 May 2019

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